Newcastle sign Chelsea's Christian Atsu on four-year contract

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LONDON -- Newcastle have announced that they have completed the permanent signing of Christian Atsu from Chelsea for a reported fee of £6.2 million.

Atsu becomes Rafa Benitez's first signing of the summer subject to a work permit, after scoring five goals in 32 appearances on loan at St James' Park last season to help Newcastle achieve automatic promotion back to the Premier League.

CONFIRMED: @ChristianAtsu20 has completed a permanent move to St. James' Park from @ChelseaFC. More at https://t.co/iDkcawZlBb. #NUFC pic.twitter.com/mulUwJaQ1n

- Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) May 24, 2017

"We are happy to sign a good player," Benitez said of Atsu on Newcastle's official website. "He's shown us that he's a good professional and someone who is very keen to learn and improve.

"Christian has been a key part of our promotion campaign and he wants to help us to build something for the future."

Atsu joined Chelsea from Porto for £3.5m in 2013 but never made a competitive appearance for the Blues, instead spending time on loan at Vitesse, Everton, Bournemouth and Malaga before joining Newcastle on a season-long deal in August.

He is the seventh former Chelsea loanee to be sold since the end of the 2015-16 season, with deals being done for Mohamed Salah, Papy Djilobodji, Patrick Bamford, Stipe Perica, Marko Marin and Juan Cuadrado, who joined Juventus in a reported £17.3m deal earlier this week.

Liam is ESPN FC's Chelsea correspondent. Follow him on Twitter: @Liam_Twomey.

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